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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kerim not trust?

2. Where does Kerim say Bond should be while he kills the faceless one's leader?

3. How does Bond kill Kerim's attacker?

4. What kind of vehicle follows Bond and Kerim?

5. What does Kerim intend to steal from another Russian?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kerim not trust Tatiana?

2. Why does Bond think the man is not mentally competent?

3. What has Kerim arranged for Bond and Tatiana?

4. What does Kerim tell Bond in the corridor?

5. What new information does the gypsy give Kerim?

6. Why did Kerim make Bond visit so public?

7. What does Grant's say is the Russian's plot?

8. Why does Tatiana refuse to take a plane?

9. What does Bond see when he looks through the periscope?

10. What does Bond think of Darko Kerim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE is part of the spy fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the Bond series help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motives? Does he share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his/her goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

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